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| Completed Research Projects :: Health Services Research |
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| Project Title: |
Measuring the Costs of Language Barriers in Health Care |
| Project PI: |
Elizabeth Jacobs, MD, MPAA |
| Co-investigators: |
Laura Sadowski, MD, MPH |
| Description: |
An effectiveness trial of providing daily, on-site spanish medical interpreters during the hospitalization of spanish speaking patients. Outcomes: Health, length of stay, procedures, and patient satisfaction.
Follow-up period of 3 months. |
| Resources: |
Publication reference:
- Jacobs EA Sadowski LS and Rathous PJ. The Impact of an Enhanced Interpreter Service Intervention on Hospital Costs and Patient Satisfaction. Journal of General Internal Medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov;22 Suppl 2:306-11.
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| Sponsor: |
COSMOS Corporation, Bethesda, MD |
| Contact Information: |
L. Sadowski |
| Project Duration: |
Start date: 07/15/2004 End date: 12/31/2005 |
| Status: |
Completed |
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